Happy Valley, Oregon’s Pickathon festival returns for 3.5 days of music discovery on Pendarvis Farm this weekend. It was the first concert I went to when I moved to Portland four years ago and I’m looking forward to getting back after taking last summer off to be a dad. This year’s undercard is particularly Rawkblog-y, so here’s a quick preview on a few can’t-miss bands and artists.

Jay Som

One of 2017’s indie breakthroughs, thanks to Everybody Works—a set of breathy bedroom-pop sad-bastard jams evoking Elliott Smith and most of the good ideas of 1999. Friday, 4:50 p.m., Treeline Stage Saturday, 12 p.m., Galaxy Barn

Pinegrove

What Pinegrove presupposes is: what if a fresh-faced emo band made Wilco’s Being There? There are few young rock bands this emotionally compelling right now. See them twice.